The Pulitzers

When Paul Harding’s début novel, “Tinkers,” came out, in January of last year, we were surprised that it didn’t receive more attention. Our reviewer loved its “compact, adamantine” structure, and praised Harding’s evocation of nineteenth-century New England (read the rest of the review here). Now we’re surprised, and very happy, that it’s won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. (The Times is surprised, too, and has essentially apologized for missing it.)